Spain OEPM Trademarks & Patents Scraper

Scrape trademark and patent data from Spain's OEPM (Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas). Extracts data from the daily BOPI (Boletín Oficial de la Propiedad Industrial) PDF publications.

Data Source

• URL: https://sede.oepm.gob.es/
• API: https://sede.oepm.gob.es/apibopiweb (public, no auth required)
• Rate limits: None known (be respectful)
• Auth required: No
• Publications: Monday–Friday, BOPI Tomo 1 (Trademarks & Distinctive Signs)

Output Example (real data from 2026-08-14)

{
    "application_number": "OEPM-M4379366",
    "trademark_name": "WhatTheFactura",
    "applicant": "Martín Polo , Antonio Samuel",
    "nice_classes": [9, 35, 42],
    "nice_description": "09 APLICACIONES MOVILES DESCARGABLES; SOFTWARE DE FACTURACION...",
    "status": "published",
    "filing_date": "11-05-2026",
    "publication_date": "2026-08-14",
    "modalidad": "M",
    "modalidad_label": "Marca",
    "representative": "",
    "detail_url": "https://ceo.oepm.es/detalleExpediente/M4379366",
    "description": "Type: Marca. Denomination: WhatTheFactura. Applicant: Martín Polo..."
}

Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
application_number	string	OEPM ref (e.g. OEPM-M4379366)
trademark_name	string	Denomination or [Figurative mark]
applicant	string	Applicant name
nice_classes	int[]	Nice classification codes
nice_description	string	Goods/services text (first 200 chars)
status	string	Always published (from BOPI)
filing_date	string	Filing date (DD-MM-YYYY)
publication_date	string	BOPI publication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
modalidad	string	Type code (M, N, H, etc.)
modalidad_label	string	Type label (Marca, Nombre comercial, etc.)
representative	string	Legal representative
detail_url	string	Link to CEO OEPM detail page
description	string	Structured summary

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
search_query	string	No	Filter by trademark name or applicant
nice_classes	int[]	No	Filter by Nice codes (e.g. [9, 42])
date_from	string	No	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
date_to	string	No	End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
record_type	string	No	trademark, patent, or both
max_results	integer	No	Max results (default: 100, max: 10000)
database_url	string	No	PostgreSQL URL for persistence
proxy_configuration	object	No	Apify proxy config

Database

• Database name: datamon_spain_oepm
• Tables: trademarks, patents
• Upsert: by application_number (insert or update)

Running

Via Apify CLI

cd actors/spain-oepm
python3.12 -m venv .venv && .venv/bin/pip install -r requirements.txt
apify run --purge

Local runner (no Apify dependency)

cd actors/spain-oepm

# Print to stdout (no DB)
.venv/bin/python runner.py --date-from 2026-08-14 --date-to 2026-08-14 --max-results 10 --no-db

# Persist to PostgreSQL
DATABASE_URL="postgresql+asyncpg://user:pass@host:5432/datamon_spain_oepm" \
    .venv/bin/python runner.py --date-from 2026-08-11 --date-to 2026-08-14

# Filter by Nice class 25 (clothing)
.venv/bin/python runner.py --nice-classes 25 --max-results 20 --no-db

Cron (daily, weekdays at 07:00)

0 7 * * 1-5 cd /opt/datamon && DATABASE_URL="..." .venv/bin/python -m actors.spain-oepm.runner >> /var/log/datamon/oepm.log 2>&1

Pricing (Apify Store)

• Model: Pay-per-event (PPE)
• Price: $5.00 / 1,000 results

Status

• Scraper implementation (BOPI PDF parsing with WIPO ST.60 field codes)
• Database models + migrations
• Input/output schemas
• DB persistence (persist.py with upsert)
• Local runner (runner.py — no Apify dependency)
• Injectable logger (scraper works with Apify or stdlib logging)
• Verified against live BOPI API (218 entries parsed from 2026-08-14)
• apify run works locally
• Tests
• Apify Store listing